XMPP Contract Job Trends in County Antrim

Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) (Jabber)
Northern Ireland > County Antrim

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in County Antrim requiring XMPP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing XMPP 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in County Antrim 0.57% - -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.78% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £163 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 - -
75th Percentile £188 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Northern Ireland median daily rate £175 - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
County Antrim

XMPP falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in County Antrim.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 36 33 22
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in County Antrim 20.45% 24.44% 16.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 26 4
10th Percentile £368 £261 £615
25th Percentile £390 £325 £638
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £400 £650
Median % change year-on-year - -38.46% +48.57%
75th Percentile £438 £483 -
90th Percentile - £588 -
Northern Ireland median daily rate £400 £400 £650
% change year-on-year - -38.46% +52.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £73.23 £16.12
Median % change year-on-year - +354.25% -
Northern Ireland median hourly rate - £73.23 £16.12
% change year-on-year - +354.25% -

XMPP
Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing XMPP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in County Antrim.

XMPP job vacancy trend in County Antrim

XMPP
Contract Job Locations in County Antrim

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing XMPP within the County Antrim region over the 6 months to 9 April 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Belfast - 1 £175 -
XMPP
Northern Ireland

XMPP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in County Antrim by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (100.00%) Remote Desktop
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Desktop Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Desktop Support
1 1 (100.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Break/Fix
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Fault Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Device Management
1 1 (100.00%) Preventative Maintenance
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) A+ Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Apple
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft